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Monday, July 13, 2015

Polka Dots on the Highway

If you have driven between Rockford and Buffalo you are no doubt familiar with the dots on the highway. We saw them for the first time when we visited in MN the end of June and it was, 'What the --."
And if they were going to put polka dots on the highway why not make them pink?
Actually, they do serve more of a purpose than a conversation starter.

This area has had a lot of crashes due to tailgating.
As you can see by the sign drivers are to keep two dots between them and the car in front. At fifty-five mph this adheres to the three second following distance rule.
It might work in MN, but I'm afraid it would add to the fatalities in NC. I'm very much afraid that driving fifty-five and leaving that much space between cars would send our drivers into cardiac arrest.

In the Northeast, the dots rule would also greatly increase the mileage length of back ups in heavy traffic areas. The back up on the Bourne bridge to the Cape is an average of 6 miles backed up on an average Fri. during the Summer.

Oh...I don't think that will work. People will have fun with it. It reminds me of a sign that was on the QEW when you were coming from Toronto and heading towards Hamilton. It was a bend in the freeway and the sign would post if you were going too fast. Guess what? people deliberately tried to set it off. I set it off at least 1/2 a dozen times:)

Ooo, that's actually a pretty neat idea. Sometimes it's hard to tell if you're following that three second rule. By the way, thank you about your comment on my Smashwords memes. I designed them myself. :)

haha - I have not seen these dots yet, but I did read about them. It is annoying when those tailgaters get too close. If you have to stop they will be in your back end. A lot of roads now have those grooves so if you cross the line it gets real bumpy...I guess it is to keep people awake. We don't need people falling asleep on the road.